Flytrap



R. LELAND..

FLYTRAP. APPLICATION FILED APR.27, 1920.

1 ,386,4 1 5 Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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"'FLYTRAP. i i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Aug. 2, 1921.

i Application led Apri127, 1920. VSerial No. 377,026.

To all whom t may concern.' I l Be it known that I, RAGNVALD LELAND, a subject of the King'of Norway, and a resident of Birch Hills, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Flytraps, of which the following is a specification.

Themain object of this invention is to provide an appliance adapted to lure, entrap and exterminate insects, particularly flies, such as infest human habitations, to the detriment of food and discomfort of individuals.

A further obj ect is to provide such appliances in forms inexpensive to construct, capable of long service, easy and simple to operate and effective in producing results.

These objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a fly trap made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

F ig.,3 is a side elevational view of the same, the trap being shown in a closed position. v

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates a flat level base plate having a raised right angled end wall 11, 'from the upper edge of which extend a pair of outwardly projecting arms 12 having a space 13 between them and supporting'a bar 14 at their extremities.

A nsingle arm 15 is curved upwardly and outwardly from the opposite end of the plate 10, this arm being slotted at its outer end, presenting forks in which is engaged another bar 16, all of the several arms being doubled or otherwise reinforced to provide adequate rigidity.

prised of a cover, rear' and end walls, is slidably lmounted onv the rod 18, the same passing'through the rear wall, the lower edge of which is in close sliding Contact with the upper surface of the plate 10.

Attached to the center ofthe slide, is a bracket 23'having outward and upward eX- tending arms 24 inclosing a space 25 and carrying a bar 26, to which is attached one end of a tensional element 28, which may be an elastic tape, or helical spring as shown, the other end of the element being engaged to the bar 14. The spring passes freely through the openings 13 and 25, normally drawing the slide 22 to the foot of the device, into contact with the end plate 11 which forms a closure to the hollow slide;

Also pivoted on the bar 26 is a detent hook or trigger 30 adapted to engage the bar 16 when the slide is retracted or drawn against the pull of the tension element 28 to the head end of the plate.

In operation, a thin film 32 of syrup or other substance adapted to act as a lure or attraction for the insects is disposed on the surface of the plate 10, either before or after the slide 22 has been drawn out to its limit and the detent hook 30 engaged with the fixed bar 16.

IVhen the flies or other insects have settled upon the plate 10, in any considerable number, the hook is manually released from the bar 16, permitting the spring 28 to actuate the slide 22 which is drawn violently over the plate, sweeping its surface and confining the insects within the slide, then against the plate 11, until such time as is convenient to dipthe lower end of the plate and slide in boiling water, to destroy the life of the flies, which can then be removed in any convenient manner, whereupon the appliance is ready for resetting.

The film or films of syrup are not neces` sarily disturbed by the movement of the slide and may be used indefinitely, while obviously the implement can be readily moved at will and used as required, soon clearing a room or apartment of the nuisance and pest of flies so objectionable.

This disclosure is, however, to be regarded as descriptive rather than restrictive or limitive of the invention, of which obviously other embodiments may be constructed, including minor structural changes and modi l' 1. A fly trap oations, :Without departingfrom the general scope herein indicated and denotedvby hollow slide having. an open side adapted to be closed by said Wall when -tfhereagainst,l

tensional means for drawing said slide against said, Wall, a stffening rod rigidly attached at its ends to said plate andextend ing centrally longitudinally thereovef, the rod passingyfreely through said slide, vand releasable means for'A holding said slide when,

extended. y l Y 2. A fly trap'y comprising a level base'v plate,

a slide movablel thereover, an abutmentv forming a elosureforsaid slide,'a guide on l*said plate forfsaid slideyoverhangingarms on said abutment and slide ree'pectively,l tensional means secured to said arins, and a pivoted hook carried by said Slide engage- 1 1 able with the `endlofl said-'plate :opposite said abutment and releasable therefrom.V

3Q-A fly trap comprising a-Y base plate,an

end Wallraised therefrom, an arm extending Y outwardly from saidv Wall, an armextending from the. opposite end of said plate, a rod secured to saidplate'extending longitudinally thereover, a'hollow slide movable on vsaid vrod forming'foop'eratiyely With.V said' Wall arcontainer, tensional means extending betweenv the first named arm and `said slide,

and a pivoted detent hook Carried bypsaid! slide engageablewith said second arm.

Intestimony whereof have signed my name to this specification.

l RAGNVALD LnLANn 

